PRESS WEATHER NO. 152 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.

GENERAL SITUATION

AN ANTICYCLONE ALOFT BROUGHT GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO
SOUTHEASTERN CHINA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE
APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS. VERY HOT IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
TEMPERATURES OVER MOST PARTS OF THE TERRITORY RISING TO 33
DEGREES OR ABOVE. THE ANTICYCLONE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO GUANGDONG TODAY BUT WILL
WEAKEN EARLY NEXT WEEK.

BESIDES, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE WESTERN NORTH
PACIFIC INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STROM YESTERDAY MORNING
AND WAS NAMED NARI. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, NARI WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 510 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF TOKYO. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR TOWARDS HONSHU OF JAPAN AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 27 JUL 2019)

MAINLY CLOUDY. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 28
DEGREES. VERY HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS DURING THE DAY AND A
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 33 DEGREES. A FEW SHOWERS
LATER. MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : A FEW SHOWERS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.
THE WEATHER WILL BE UNSETTLED MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SUNNY PERIODS AND VERY HOT

(PINYIN: TIANQI KURE)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS AND VERY HOT

MIN TEMP: 28 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 33 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 13

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS AND VERY HOT

TEMPS: 28 - 33 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 1

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 2

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 16

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:15 HKT ON 26.07.2019